Lacing-stud



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' LAGING STUD. No. 326,148. Patented Sept. 15, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEICE.

FRANCIS M. PIPER AND JAMES H. REED, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAClNG-STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,148, datedSeptember 15, 1885.

Application filed May 1, 19:85. (X model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANCIS M. PIPER and JAMES H. REED, both of Lynn,county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usetulImprovement in Laeing- 'Studs, of which the following, taken in conandFig. 4 the same View of a blank used in making a stud provided with eyesby which it may be secured to the material; Fig. 5 is a section on linea0 a2; Figs. 3 and 4.

For convenience of description, We will designate the various parts ofthe stud as follows: a, the beak; b, the crown; c, the neck; d, the flatportion of the neck; 6, the plate; f, the prongs; g, the eyes; h, theedges of the crown.

In the manufacture of our improved stud we use a sheet of metal, and cutfrom said sheet, by means of dies, a blank of the form shown in Figs. 8and 4., according as it is desired to produce a stud provided withprongs or eyes. The portion of this blank forming the crown b of thestud is made convex, as

shown in Fig. 5,'and is provided with the downwardly-projecting edges h.The convexity, as also the projecting edges, is given it when itis'stamped from the sheet of metal, the operation being simultaneous. Ablank of this form and construction being produced, the beak a is bentdownward so as to be on the level of the plate 6 in the finished stud.(See Fig. 1.) The neck a is so bent and set as to assume the form shown,Figs. 1 and 2, the

portion nearest the crown of the stud being nearly in a verticalposition, while the poras abrace to keep the stud in its normal positiouin the material while subjected to the strain of the lace. The plate eis located directly beneath the central portion of the crown, andserves, by means of prongs or eyes, to secure the stud to the material.The beak a, being carried downward to the level of the plate, preventsthe lace from accidentally slipping the stud, while this position of thebeak and the convex shape of the crown prevent the stud from catching inthe clothing. The downwardly-projecting edges h of the crown give anappearance of solidity, as well as a superior finish.

We are enabled by the construction above described to obtain alacingstud which can be rapidly and cheaply produced. which will notreadily slip the lace, and which, under ordinary conditions, willmaintain its proper position when in use and under the strain of a tightlace.

What we claim is As an improved manufacture, alacing-stud and having theportion designed from the crown of the stud of a convex shape, saidcrown being provided with downwardly-projecting edges h, and having atone end a beak which will project, when the stud is formed, downward tothe level. of the plate, and at the other a neck and a plate, 6,provided with means whereby the finished stud may be secured to thematerial, substantially as shown and described.

FRANCIS M. PIPER. JAMES H. REED.

Witnesses:

JEFFERSON D. 000K, JEROME INGALLS.

